Genesis 29:30

In 11 translations

BSB

Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

KJV

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

WEB

He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.

ASV

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

LSV

And he also goes in to Rachel, and he also loves Rachel more than Leah; and he serves with him yet seven other years.

YLT

And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.

DBY

And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years.

DRC

And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.

GNV

So entred he in to Rahel also, and loued also Rahel more then Leah, and serued him yet seuen yeeres more.

JPS

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

LXXE

And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years.

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WLC

וַיָּבֹא֙ גַּ֣ם אֶל־רָחֵ֔ל וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב גַּֽם־אֶת־רָחֵ֖ל מִלֵּאָ֑ה וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד עִמּ֔וֹ ע֖וֹד שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֥ים אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς Ῥαχήλ· ἠγάπησε δὲ Ῥαχὴλ μᾶλλον ἢ Λείαν· καὶ ἐδούλευσεν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἕτερα.

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• Genesis 31:41Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
• Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
• Genesis 31:15Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
• Genesis 29:18Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
• Genesis 44:27And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
• Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
• Deuteronomy 21:15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
• Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
• Hosea 12:12Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
• Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
• John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• Genesis 30:25–26Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland. Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I…
• Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
• 1 Samuel 18:17–27Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the…
• Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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